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Hydrozoan vs Hydractinian - What's the difference?

hydrozoan | hydractinian | Hypernyms |

Hydrozoan is a hypernym of hydractinian.


In biology|lang=en terms the difference between hydrozoan and hydractinian

is that hydrozoan is (biology) any of many colonial coelenterates, of the class hydrozoa , including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores while hydractinian is (biology) a marine hydroid of the genus (taxlink) or a closely-related genus.

As nouns the difference between hydrozoan and hydractinian

is that hydrozoan is (biology) any of many colonial coelenterates, of the class hydrozoa , including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores while hydractinian is (biology) a marine hydroid of the genus (taxlink) or a closely-related genus.

hydrozoan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) Any of many colonial coelenterates, of the class Hydrozoa , including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores.

    • hydractinian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A marine hydroid of the genus (taxlink) or a closely-related genus

    • Hypernyms

    *hydractiniid *hydrozoan *cnidarian *animal *eukaryote *organism